PAGE TWO
It Takes
All Kinds
By DAVE WEST
There’s an item in the “Remem
ber When” column of this issue
that can make such a vague term
as “inflation” that we’ve been
reading about meaningful even
to a person as notably slow to
catch on as ourself. Fifteen years
ago Tarkington’s Grocery Store
in Manteo was broken into and
three or four hams, 20 lbs. of
meat, a 48-lb. sack of flour, a
dozen or more cakes and some
smaller articles were taken by
thieves. The value in all, it was
reported in the 1936 copy of the
paper, was “approximately $25.”
We were curious about how much
these items would cost at today’s
prices; so we went down to ask
Bill Tarkingon about it. Bill re
called the robbery, and could even
recall what the stolen things were
priced at. “Ham,” he said, “cost
30c a pound then, 70c now.” Three
average-sized hams at today’s
prices would pretty well consume
the $25 by themselves. Bill said
that the 20 lbs. of meat the
thieves made off with had a value
of about $2.00 in 1936; the same
would be worth $7.40 now, at 37c
a lb. The housewife had to pay
out only $1.20 for a 48-pound
sack of flour in those days; she
pays around $4.00 now. The “doz
en or more” cakes today could
hardly be bought for less than 50
to 60c apiece, though Mr. Tark
ington says he got 20c for them
at the time of the robbery.
The grocer says that you could
double the $25 estimate of the
worth of the goods solen from
him in 1936 and you’d still have
a conservative estimate of their
cost today . . . Lest the prices of
food in 1936 appear overattractive
to young housewives, they ought
to check with their mothers or oth
er older wives in their neighbor
hood and learn how hard it was
to come by a dollar in those bar
ely post-depression days. You’ve
got to be pretty young to look
at the prices of the mid-thirties
and think that “those were the
good old days.” People who re
call the seamy times most ordin
ary people knew in the early and
mid-thirties will never call for a
return of those days. They’d ra
ther take a chance of even more
“inflation” than drop back to the
dismal depression conditions.
♦ * *
The cancellation of the North
Carolina Little Symphony’s ap
pearance at Qcracoke because of
the snowstornji a week ago lb st
Saturday seems to us one of the
dirtiest tricks the storm played
anywhere. We’d guess that the
members of the symphony were
about as put out at missing a vis
it to Ocracoke as the islanders
must have been to miss hearing
the find musical organization.
However, it is reported that the
concert will be re-scheduled; so
maybe everything will turn out
well after all.
♦ * *
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the Williamston Enterprise re
ported in a front-page article last
week, have jumped into the infla
tionary race along with legitimate
producers. In Martin county,. the
Enterprise says, “Prices for illic
it liquors have advanced recently
on the wholesale market, accord
ing to unofficial reports heard
via the grapevine route. Best
qualities, cooked in copper kettles
with the supply of water free of
drainage from hog lots and mule
stables, are commanding $8 a gal
lon, cash on the barrelhead or
around the demijohn neck . . .”
Consumers can expect no relief
from the application of price con
trols to this field, and of course
they must not expect the ultra
rugged individualists who produce
this form of paralyzing joy-juice
to submit to voluntary controls.
Individual producers in this in
dustry would as little think of
agreeing with each other on any
matter of business as they would
think of swallowing their rivals’
concoctions—or of allowing any
one whose health they valued to
drink any of their own potions.
* * *
Tough hombres hereabouts bet
ter watch their conduct. We saw
a fringe-shirted, somebrero-wear
ing, pistol-bearing rider down
town Monday about whom there
was something familiar. As he
rode by we saw emblazoned in big
letters, about where the pommel
of a cowboy’s bicycle should be,
the words “Hopalong Cassidy.” It
is obvious that Sheriff Cahoon and
Chief Mitchell will have plenty of
help keeping lawbreakers in their
place around these parts, partic
ularly since the neighborhood
around the Community Building
has been pretty well cleaned up
by a-mysterious range rider who
answers to the name of “Roy Rog
ers.” We’re a-gonna have law and
order around hyar, pardnuh!
SLADESVILLE NEWS
Mr. Ottis Howerin of Norfolk
visited his wife and father a few
days recently.
Kenneth Gray is spending the
weekend with his family.
Frankie Baynor returned home
Monday after spending the week
en d with Mr. and Mrs. Enoch
Radcliffe and daughter Bunnie.
Gilbert Roper, Odia Williams,
Mayhew Williams and Henry
Spencer were in Rocky Mount
Wednesday.
Mrs. Enoch Radcliffe and Bun
nie were visitors at the Onward
Baynor home Monday afternoon.
Lloyd Fisher, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Fisher, left Monday for
service in the Army.
Sladesville and Swan Quarter
basketball teams played a triple
header at Sladesville gym Tues
day night. The 6th through Bth
grades played. Sladesville being
the winner. The Swan Quarter
girls were defeated but Swan
Quarter boys won.
Mrs. Archie Thomas visited Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Credle and son,
and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Spencer
and Glenn this week.
The Slades vi 11 e basketball
teams played Fairfield teams
Thursday night. Sladesville won
both games.
SWAN QUARTER NEWS
J. L. Swindell was a business
visitor in Columbia Tuesday.
Harvey Credle visited Swan
Quarter Tuesday.
Reggie Lupton, a student at
William and Mary College spent
last weekend with his father,
Rhodes Lupton.
Mrs. J. H. Whitfield of Wash
ington was the guest of her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Hal Swindell during last
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Daniels
and Mrs. Nannie Daniels of Fair
field were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Mathew Blake last Sunday.
Jimmie Rayburn, John Jay and
Evans Harris, Jr., have been on
the sick list. Measles are visit
ing many homes these
days. Landreth Williams, who is
visiting his parents, the Harold
Williams, is also on the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Williams
were business visitors in New
Bern Friday.
Mrs. Mattie Boomer and Dick
O’Neal; Linwood Tunnell and Sam
Cuthrell were visitors in Wash
ington and Greenville Friday.
Returns To War Zone
Milton Harris who has been
home for several weeks with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robbie
Harris, will leave Friday to re
turn to the Korean front where
he was stationed before being
called home. On the trip home Mr.
Harris flew from Korea to Japan,
from Japan to Guam, from Guam
to Honolulu, from there to Cali
fornia, and then on home.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Dunning and
Miss Hoffler of Plymouth, Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Carawan of
Washington were weekend guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Cara
wan.
Leo Bishop, Jr., of Greenville,
spent the weekend in Swan Quar
ter.
Grady Credle, Joseph Williams,
Jr., Rev. D. M. Lewis, Mrs. W. H.
Langston and Miss Mildred Spen
cer attended a Charge Stewards’
Meeting in Fairfield Sunday af
ternoon.
Harry Davis of Norfolk was a
Swan Quarter visitor during the
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes Lupton of
Chapel Hill were weekend guests
of Mr. Lupton’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Rouse Lupton.
Mr. and Mrs. Abram Cahoon
visited Mr. and Mrs. Hallet Whit
ley in Pantego and Mrs. Mattie
Swindell in Plymouth Sunday.
Mrs. Jeff Credle and daughter
Sally Blane and Mrs. Allan Cre
dle and son of Sladesville were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome
Jarvis Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Mason
and son Joe of Washington spent
the weekend with the Seth Cre
dles.
Mrs. John Jarvis was a busi
ness visitor in Belhaven Thurs
day.
Bill Cochran, Jr., and Wahab
Cahoon of Chapel Hill spent the
weekend here with their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shep
herd of Portsmouth were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Spencer and
other relatives during the week
end.
Mrs. D. M. Swink is visiting
her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Douglas Smith, Jr., in
Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Norman Thompson and
son Allan, Mrs. Seth Bridgman
and son Pete spent a few days
in Portsmouth last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvah O’Neal and
David spent Sunday with rela
tives in Pinetown.
Patrolman and Mrs. D. A.
Rouse, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Wil
liams, Mr. and Mrs. John Lupton,
Mr. and Mrs. Landreth Williams
and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cahoon
wer e visitors in Belhaven Sunday.
Mrs. Walter O’Neal, Jr., of Bel
haven visited her mother, Mrs.
Corinne Bateman, during the
weekend.
Robert Cahoon of Portsmouth
was the guest of his mother, Mrs.
Pearle Harris, over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Howell Peele and
Rhodes of Washington spent Sun
day with Mrs. Peele’s family.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Williams
had as their Sunday guests, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Carawan and
Butch, Mrs. S. O. Jones and Miss
Aleph Cason.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Best
and Billy and Sally of Stumpy
Point were Saturday guests of A.
C. and Sidney Credle.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Evans
and Yvonne spent the weekend in
Belhaven.
A call meeting was held at the
home of Mrs. Ed Hodges Friday
night to plan for the fashion and
talent show to be held in the
Swan Quarter high school March
9. The HDC of Rose Bay is spon
soring the show.-.
Rev. Oscar Edmonds held his
regular appointment at the Rose
Bay Baptist Church Sunday night.
Mrs. Una Jones and Miss Mary
Swindell of Washington were
guests of relatives here Sunday.
Rev. D. M. Lewis, along with
Pratt Williamson, Jr., Jimmie
Williams, Richard and Tim Ber
ry, Thomas Sherrill Harris, and
Ralph Swindell, attended the 3oy
Scout Father-Son banquet held at
the First Christian church in
Washington Wednesday night. R.
A. Early, Scoutmaster of Swan
Quarter troop, was quite elated
over the whole affair and felt that
the dinner meeting was well
worth while.
Representative and Mrs. Rus
sell Swindell were in Asheville
. THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C.
ENGELHARD PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Watson sppnt
the weekend in Columbia.
Aubrey Harris of Charlotte
spent a few days with relatives
here last week.
Claud Litchfield left on Friday
for Norfolk where he is employ
ed.
Ottava Berry of Norfolk spent
the weekend with his family here.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Mann and
Mrs. Richard Mann were visitors
in Washington recently.
Miss Janie Mann hai returned
from Washington where she was
a patient at the Tayloe Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. John Tomilinton
and Mrs. Lyda Harris were vis
itors in Washington on Tuesday
last.
Sam C. Spencer spent past of
last week in Kinston.
Mrs. I. W. Gibbs and Mrs. Burl
Spencer havp returned from the
Columbia Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Meekins
of Stumpy Point were Engelhard
visitors on Sunday.
Miss Belle Neal has returned
from Swan Quarter where she vis
ited relatives last week.
B. J. Midyette, Ben and James
Midyette and Mrs. Robena Arm
strong spent one day last week
with Rev. and Mrs. H. G. Thomp
son and little daughter Mary Em
ily in Columbia.
Mrs. L. N. Neal visited in Co
lumbia one day last week.
Miss June Long is visiting in
Raleigh and Louisburg.
Miss Elizabeth Long spent the
weekend in Raleigh. She was ac
companied home by her niece,
Jane Barrett, who has been on a
visit to her mother, Mrs. Novaline
Barrett.
S. D. Cox has returned from
Duke Hospital where he was. a
patient there for two weeks. Mr.
Cox is confined* to his bed at his
home.
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Mann and
two children of Swan Quarter vis
ited relatives here on Sunday.
Mrs. Harry O’Neal and daugh
ter Joanne of Belhaven spent the
weekend with relatives and
friends here.
WINTER FERRY SCHEDULES
September 11 through June 30
Over Croatan Sound
Leave Leave
Roanoke Id. Manns Hbr.
7:00 A.M. 7:30 A.M.
8:00 AM. 9:00 A.M.
10:00 A.M. 11:00 A.M
12:00 Noon ' 1:00 P.M
2:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M.
3:30 P.M. 5:00 P.M.
5:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M.
10:30 P.M. (Wed.&Sat.)ll:oo P.M.
Over Alligator River
Leave Leave
E. Lake Tyrrell Co.
8:00 AM. 9:00 A.M.
11:00 A.M. 12:00 Noon
3:00 P.M. 4:00 P.M.
4:30 P.M. 5:00 P.M.
during the weekend and through
the 14th. Mr. Swindell was the
official delegate from the Hyde
County Farm Bureau to the state
convention held in Asheville.
Farm management specialists
at State College believe prospects
are bright for farm flocks of sheep
this year. Increases are recom
mended for purebred and com
mercial flocks in all parts of the
State.
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the prominent men of Manns
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community faithfully and well,
as committeeman, member of the
Board of Education and Board of
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BRIDGE CLUB FETED
BY MRS. SWINDELL
Mrs. J. L. Swindell was hos
tess to her bridge club at her
home in Swan Quarter Tuesday
night.
The guests arriving at the ap
pointed hour were met by the
hostess and invited into the living
room where winter Jasamine and
Japanese japonica were featured
in the floral arrangements.
The mantle was attractive with
colorful “pitchers” representing
the different styles of designs in
vogue through many years.
Valentine tally cards were
drawn by the players prior to
play.
Following several progressions
Mrs. Jack Lupton received the
high score prize and Mrs. Joseph
Williams, Jr., received the sec
ond high. The gifts were attrac
tively wrapped in red and white
paper and ribbon which carried
out the Valentine motif.
The hostess served pecan pie
with hot coffee at the close of the
evening and during progressions
chilled drinks and nuts were serv
ed on the tables.
Those making up the tables in
cluded Mrs. W. S. Cann, Mrs. W.
G. Harris, Mrs. Joseph Williams,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1951
Jr., Mrs. W. H. Pruden, Mrs. Jack
Lupton, Mrs. E. L. Gibbs, Mrs.
W. J. Lupton and Mrs. E. K.
Mann
HYDE SOLDIERS ASSIGNED
TO CAMP COOKE, CALIF.
Allan W. Ballance of Fairfield,
Charles R. Ballance of Middle
town and James C. Davenport of
Creswell are three Carolinians
who recently reported for duty at
Camp Cooke in California.
Recently selected for duty in
the army, the Tar Heel youths
will serve with Southern Califor
nians 40th Infantry Division. Dav
enport is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
James R. Davenport; Allan Bal
lance is the son of Mrs. Lydia Bal
lance; Charles Ballance is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ballance.
CONSERVATION RADIO SHOW
Farmers of this county will
wish to listen in at Station WRRF
12 o’clock noon on Saturday, Feb
ruary 17, to hear what J. C. Bish
op has to say about the soil con
servation program in Hyde. Har
ry E. Newland, originator of the
program “Conservation Conversa
tion,” will have Mr. Bishop as his
guest to explain the Soil Conser
vation District Program.